General News

07/02/2009 - Expense reports show cost per vote in major county races  By Rodney L. Sherman, Clarion News Editor CLARION - The votes in the primary election for District Judge 18-3-02 were close and so were the total spending totals.

07/02/2009 - Lessons from a puppet  Clarion News photo by Trista Alexander Children gathered Monday, June 29, at the Clarion Free Library to see puppeteer Steve Abrams perform a variety of acts, including Aesop’s Fables. Kids cheered and laughed as they learned manners, morals, and even how to be a puppeteer. While every audience member was actively involved in the show, some kids even got to man the puppets in front of the crowd. Abrams has worked in over 500 libraries in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and has 25 years experience as a puppeteer.

07/02/2009 - Keystone adopts budget with no tax increase  By Rodney L. Sherman, Clarion News Editor KNOX - With no end to the state budget impasse, the Keystone School Board June 29 ran out the clock and approved its budget for the upcoming school year holding taxes at existing levels.

07/02/2009 - Career Center looks to boost PSSA scores  By Greg V. Renninger, Clarion News Writer SHIPPENVILLE - The chief administrator for the Clarion County Career said last week there will an intensified effort this year to help students met state assessment standards at their respective high schools.

07/02/2009 - Clarion clears way for Main Street parking lots  By Tom DiStefano, Clarion News Writer CLARION - Clarion Borough Council June 29 gave final approval to a zoning ordinance that allows the possibility of parking lots along Main Street in downtown Clarion.

07/02/2009 - Committee updates Knox residents   By Trista Alexander, Clarion News Writer KNOX - The Knox Area Revitalization Committee recently updated residents on the result of the Act 537 Plan approval and the signing of a consent order and agreement with the state Department of Environmental Protection regarding the existing sewage system.

07/01/2009 -   Clarion News photo by Rodney L. Sherman Work is wrapping up on the curbs along South Fifth Avenue in Clarion Borough. The work is improving the handicapped access to the sidewalks. Glenn O. Hawbaker is the contractor doing the work. The curb improvements needed to be done before PennDOT resurfaces South Fifth Avenue . Paving work also is underway in Clarion Borough. For a list of street closing and the paving schedule, see the traffic alert on page 2 of today’s Clarion News.

07/01/2009 - Community calendar  Upcoming events in the Clarion area

07/01/2009 - F.Y.I.  What's happening around Clarion

06/30/2009 - Clarion County Sewage Association says it’s out of cash  By Greg V. Renninger, Clarion News Writer CLARION - The Clarion County Sewage Association has distributed a notice to member municipalities saying “Local agencies were never informed of a deficit and since DEP has not paid grant reimbursement monies due for 2008, we have no operating funds.”

06/30/2009 - Walk for Life  Clarion News photo by Tom DiStefano Music kept spirits high at and the walkers showed it by clapping along with the beat at the American Cancer Society’s Walk for Life June 27 at the Clarion-Limestone athletic field. The weather was perfect for the event which raises money for cancer research.

06/30/2009 - $2.6 million in stimulus money targets housing project  By tom DiStefano, Clarion News Writer HARRISBURG - A proposed housing renovation project in Clarion Borough had been approved for federal stimulus funding to the tune of $2.6 million, but details are sketchy as yet.

06/30/2009 - Commissioners approve $171,373 in liquid fuels requests  By Greg V. Renninger, Clarion News Writer CLARION - The Clarion County Commissioners approved a total of $171,373 in liquid fuels projects for county municipalities at the commissioners’ June 23 business meeting.

06/30/2009 - Local bridge repairs affecting traffic patterns  By Tom DiStefano, Clarion News Writer INDIANA - PennDOT District 10 is advising motorists of construction on the Stroup Bridge (locally known as the Dean Dam Bridge ) which carries the Fisher-Strattanville Road over Mill Creek at the border between Millcreek and Clarion townships.

06/29/2009 -   Clarion News photo by Greg V. Renninger The first five classic Volkswagens lined up at the VW Cruise June 27 in the Clarion BiLo parking lot. This is the second annual area VW cruise organized by Dave Runyan of Strattanville. Twenty-eight cars showed up for the cruise that started at 12:30 Saturday afternoon and ran through Brookville and Cook Forest before stopping at the home of Harry Hollis, where cruisers were treated to a picnic and a performance by the band “Jar of Ashes.”

06/29/2009 - Obituaries  Recent deaths

06/29/2009 - F.Y.I.  What's happening around Clarion